Unicom: 01/05

Hum Along With Us
With reference to Dr. Brent Blue’s article “Mid-teens Physiology” (November 2004), I may have discovered a way to “stretch” the body’s ability to process and retain oxygen just a bit more effectively while flying at altitude.

I routinely fly our Cessna T210 at FL190-230 on long trips from St. Paul, Minn., to Providence, R.I. The typical 50+ knot tailwinds let us accomplish this nonstop. It’s not uncommon for me to have five of the six seats filled, and of course, we have oxygen strapped on from 14,000 all the way up. With five pairs of lungs sucking my precious O2, however, somewhere over western New York, the gauge is starting to get a bit low. So, not exa...